Fat Loss Over 40 — The Truth and the Tools Episode 4: The Scale Isn’t the Goal — Redefining Progress Over 40 - THI's Live Transformed Podcast

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SPEAKER_01 (00:00):
If you're only staring at a number, you're
going to miss the transformationthat's happening in your body
and in your health.
Okay.
And how many people raise yourhand right now?
I don't care if nobody can seeyou.
I don't care if everybody cansee you.
Raise your hand right nowbecause I got both hands raised.
If you have ever been in theposition where you allowed what
you saw on the scale todetermine if you felt like you

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were being successful.
If you've ever tried true fatloss, then you should have your
hand raised.
All right.
Quit being shy.
I can't even see you.
Raise that hand.
So so many of us have beenthere.

SPEAKER_00 (00:35):
Welcome to Live Transformed, the podcast from
Transformed Health Initiative,where evidence-based truth meets
real life transformation.
Lead yourself.
Integrate health.
Value what matters.
Engage in the process.
This is how you livetransformed.
And now here's your host, AdamKelly.

SPEAKER_01 (00:59):
What is up, my live transform people?
So glad you guys are back in thebuilding.
So glad that I'm back in thebuilding.
I'm excited because we arerocking and rolling through this
series, Fat Loss Over 40, TheTruth and the Tools.
So I am your host, Coach AdamKelly, and today we're wrapping
up our series, Fat Loss Over 40,with something most programs

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ignore, okay?
And that is, and most people depdesperately need to hear.
Goodness, I'm so excited I can'teven speak.
What so many people aredesperately needing to hear.
The scale isn't the goal.
I'm pausing so you can let thatset in.
Say la as the Bible says.

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Think about that.
The scale isn't the goal.
Because when you're over 40,chasing a number can keep you
from seeing the transformationthat's actually happening
physically, mentally,emotionally.
So in this episode, we're goingto break down what the scale
can't tell you, how to definereal progress, and why success
in your 40s and beyond looks awhole lot different than it did

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in your 20s.
All right.
So welcome and let's get rockingwith this thing.
All right.
Finish with a bang.
So this for part first part,we're gonna talk about what the
scale can't tell you.
Okay.
So let's start here.
The scale tells you exactly onething: your gravitational pull
on Earth.
That's it.

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Okay.
It tells you how heavy your howmuch mass you take up.
All right.
But what it cannot tell you, itcannot tell you how much fat
you've lost.
It cannot tell you how muchmuscle you've gained.
It cannot tell you whetheryou're sleeping better, you're
thinking clearer, or you'removing pain-free.
It can't tell you whether yourclothes fit better.

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It can't tell you whether yourblood work or your health
markers are improving.
And here's a fact that mostpeople don't know, okay?
You can lose four inches offyour waist and gain two pounds
on the scale.
How is that?
Well, it's not failure.
That's called bodyrecomposition.
That's muscle replacing fattissue.
And that is a massive win, okay?

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That's literally a doublepositive for your health.
Two extremely health promotingthings, reducing excess body fat
and gaining lean muscle tissuethat are promoting good health
in your body.
Double the benefit.
But if you're only staring at anumber, you're gonna miss the
transformation that's happeningin your body and in your health.

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Okay.
And how many people raise yourhand right now?
I don't care if nobody can seeyou.
I don't care if everybody couldsee you.
Raise your hand right nowbecause I got both hands raised.
If you have ever been in theposition where you allowed what
you saw on the scale todetermine if you felt like you
were being successful, if you'veever tried true fat loss, then

(03:53):
you should have your handraised.
All right, quit being shy.
I can't even see you.
Raise that hand.
So so many of us have beenthere, and so many of us are
still there.
Like, I it's crazy, guys.
I know these things, like theback of my hand, okay?
I know my body very well.
I know how my body's gonnarespond to different things, and

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still, if I especially if I'vebeen handling business, if I've
been tracking my food, I hit mygoals, I did my daily activity
and my lifts and everythingelse, and I wake up and I see
that scale weight go up.
I'm gonna have a quick about20-second mental battle that
happens where I'm like, yougotta be kidding me.

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You are supposed to be down, atleast be the same.
But you went up, like I washungry yesterday.
I woke up hungry today, like Igot an extra 2,000 steps in
because I was feeling gung-ho.
Like I push extra reps on everyset.
You should be down today, butyet you're up.
All right.
And then I remind myself of whathappens, what's happening, where

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I'm supposed to be, and I'm allgood.
But a lot of people don't havethat understanding and that
knowledge, and they stop there.
And it's like, well, why am Ieven doing these things?
This is hard, this is tiring,this is difficult.
Why am I doing these things ifit's not working?
If I'm going backwards, I mightas well eat a pizza.
Like at least I'll enjoy gainingthe weight.
Guys, that is a death trap.
Okay.
And today I'm going to save youfrom either making that mistake

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or staying in that place ofturmoil that you don't need to
be in.
Okay.
So one thing I want you toremember is that weight
fluctuation, weight fluctuatesevery single day.
All right, no matter if perfectif conditions are perfect or if
everything is off.
Weight fluctuates every singleday.
So hydration, sodium, stress,hormones, sleep, digestion,

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these can swing the scale bythree to five pounds or more
overnight.
All right.
So if you treat that as afailure, you'll consistently
sabotage yourself for no reason.
And that varies for everybodybecause I can tell you what, I
can diet for a while and like,you know, deplete muscle
glycogen, you know, rebalancewater retention, things like

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that.
And then I go eat like a bunchof pizza, or maybe we go eat
Chinese food that has a ton ofsodium or just a big old juicy
burger and some fries orsomething.
And I've seen myself gain eightto 10 pounds overnight,
literally.
Like I weigh in the morning of,I weigh in the next morning, my
weight is up eight to 10 pounds.

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And then over the next two tothree days, I'll drop, you know,
two, three, four pounds per day,getting back to where I was.
It's crazy.
Like I'll see, I feel it in myjoints, my fingers swell up, my
face definitely shows like y'allcan know when I'm on and when
I'm not, because when my face islooking nice and round and
puffy, I've probably beenovereating because my body just

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retains water like crazy.
So it's different for everybody.
So it's super important tounderstand that the scale is a
tool, it is not the truthteller, okay?
It is just a tool, and we wantto use it like a tool, like we
would any other tool.
Okay.
We don't judge how the buildingwas built based on one tool
alone, we base it on the finaloutcome.

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Okay, the tools can either helpwith the build or it can not
help with the build, but the thetool is not the build itself,
it's not the goal that we'reafter.
It is one way to help us getthere, right?
You can use other tools, liketools are interchangeable to a
degree.
So uh let's see.

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So, this next portion we'regonna talk about is real
progress is multi-dimensional.
Okay, so how should you measureyour progress?
Good question.
So, inside THI, whether it's ourrebuild or ascend program, it's
our online coaching programs orour in-person training, we
define success in multipledimensions, all right.

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So, number one, we look at, andthese aren't in like a specific
order, I'm just giving you themas numbers.
So, one we look at is bodymetrics, all right.
Yes, we look at the scale weightthat that can be a helpful tool,
but also we look at inches,okay, circumference inches.
We look at progress photos,energy, digestion, strength

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numbers, our performance in thegym, because those tell a more
complete story, okay?
We want to get as much data aswe can, and that helps paint a
clearer picture of what'sactually happening.
Uh, number two is mindset.
All right, how are you talkingto yourself?
Are you consistent?
Do you bounce back faster fromslip-ups?
Are you improving there?

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Do you feel more confident?
These mental shifts are oftenthe first signs of true
transformation because that'swhat we're here for.
We're here for transformation.
We're not here for a summershred just to have to do it all
again next year.
We're here to transform once andfor all.
That may look different in eachseason, but that's the goal
overall.
Look, I know what it feels liketo be frustrated with your

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health, trust me.
To feel like you're doingeverything right, but nothing
seems to be sticking.
That's why our coaching isn'tabout perfection.
It's about building a systemthat works even when life gets
messy.
At Transform Health Initiative,we help busy adults rebuild
their health, rewire theirhabits, and redefine their
identity without shame, withoutoverwhelm, and without starting

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over every Monday.
If you're tired of trying to doit all on your own, we're here
when you're ready.
All right, back to the episode.
So that's what we focus on istransformation.
And the biggest part of that isour mindset.
If you can transform your mind,your body is easy to transform.
It has to fall in line becauseyour mind is what controls
everything.

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Okay.
Number three is your lifestyle.
All right.
Scale can't tell you what yourlifestyle is doing.
Are you eating better foodwithout overthinking it?
Are you naturally starting tochoose better options?
You know, your minimallyprocessed or less processed, you
know, your high-quality proteinsources, your, you know, um high
quality carb sources, you know,your fruits and veggies, your

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high-quality fat sources, like,you know, healthier oils or some
fattier meats, things like that.
Um, are you focusing on that?
Are you moving more naturallythroughout the day?
Are you increasing just yourdaily movement?
Are you sleeping moreconsistently?
Huge thing there.
Are your relationships improvingbecause you have more energy and
patience?

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So things that we want to track.
And guess what?
The scale can't measure any ofthat, but those are the things
that last.
And I can tell you this fromexperience, from working with
dozens and dozens of people.
The things that matter most arenot scale weight, it's not even
clothes size, it's not strength,it's not performance in the gym.
None of that matters the most.
What matters most to people ishow these things translate to

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their real life.
Can they put on a bathing suitand not feel horrible about
themselves?
Can they go out on a date nightand not feel so self-conscious
about how they look in theiroutfit?
Can they go outside and playwith their kids or their
grandkids without everythinghurting or having to constantly
take breaks or having toconstantly say, no, I can't go
down the slide with you?
No, I can't swing with youbecause of their health is so

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bad or their body is so beat up.
Like those are the things.
Can they get up and off get upand down off the floor, you
know, with less pain or withless difficulty or not having to
grab onto something?
Like those type of things tendto have the biggest impact on
people's lives.
Those are the truetransformations, okay?
That's why I love to focus onthose things because those big

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wins is what keeps us dedicatedwhen things aren't easy, when
the scale weight's not moving,when we aren't dropping as many
inches as we want, whenperformance is being hindered
for whatever reason.
Those wins that I mentionedbefore are the wins that
typically matter the most.
Okay.
And here's the truth, guys.
Your scale weight may bounce upand down daily.
All right.
It just comes with theterritory, but your habits,

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those compound upon each otherand they build your future self.
Okay.
Not your scale weight, but yourhabits over time.
We don't need to chase skinny,okay?
That died out in the 80s and90s.
All right.
I'm so glad we're beyond thatpoint.
I'm so glad to see women in thegym strength training and
building muscle and eating realfood, not just eating lettuce

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salad every day and just headsof lettuce every meal, like
eating their protein, eatingtheir carbs, eating their
healthy fats, promoting hormonalhealth, promoting just overall
health and well-being, strength.
Like it's a beautiful transitionthat we've made.
Um, you know, I go into a publicgym and I see just as many
women, if not more womensometimes in the weight section

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lifting and getting after it.
Whereas 10, 20 years ago, that'ssomething you didn't see very
often at all.
It'd be more surprising thananything.
So we don't need to be chasingskinny, okay?
We need to chase strong, we needto chase present, powerful,
okay?
Those are the things that weneed to anchor ourselves on.
So, next we're gonna talk aboutredefining success over 40.

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What does success look like?
So we're gonna bring this thinghome, guys.
Hold on tight because here wego.
So at this stage of life, thereal flex isn't your weight, all
right?
It's things like, like I said,playing with your kids or your
grandkids without pain.
It's going to bed without guiltor bloating or regret, you know,
feeling good in your skin.
It's about feeling confident inyour clothes and in your

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decisions, knowing that you'redoing something well for
yourself.
Okay.
It's knowing that you're settingan example worth following for
your kids, for your grandkids,for your spouse, for your family
members, for your employers oryour employees and your
community members, all thepeople that you surround
yourself with, setting thatexample, knowing that you're
being a leader and a frontrunner in being just the best

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person that we can be all theway around.
Okay, that's another big winthat people see as they continue
on their journey, how muchinfluence they have
unintentionally, because peoplesee that you're doing something
that's hard and challenging andthat they quit so many times.
And that inspires people to wantto do it and also lets people
know that hey, if they can doit, because I know this person,

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I know their weaknesses, I knowtheir struggles, I know they're
not some superior, geneticallyblessed person, like they're a
regular person, but yet they'vemade these choices day after
day, week after week, monthafter month, and now they're
reaping the benefits.
If they can do it, I can do it.
That is hugely rewarding in ourjourney, guys.
So this isn't about looking likeyou did in high school.

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Those days are gone, okay?
And I promise you, you lookbetter now than you did in high
school.
Things may hang a littledifferent, things may settle a
little different, you know,things may not be, you might not
have the endurance and all thatas you had in high school, but
you're good, okay?
And it's about becoming yourstrongest, healthiest, and most
confident version of yourselfnow, okay.
Not comparing yourself to your30s or 10 years ago, but who are

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you now and who can you be now?
And here's the twist, guys.
That version of you may actuallyweigh more, okay?
It may weigh more than you thinkit should.
More muscle, better hydration,stronger bones, all of that can
add pounds to the scale, butyou'll feel and live infinitely
better.
Okay, so that's another thingthat are isn't accounted for is

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hydration on scale weight.
Another big one that is notthought about is bone density.
So as you train, as you liftheavy, do weight-bearing
exercise, you're thickening yourbones, you're making them more
dense.
Well, guess what?
More dense means more bodyweight, but you're not adding
any body fat.
So that can have an effect,especially over time, on how low

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your body weight gets.
Things that people don't usuallyconsider.
So when you step on a scale andit doesn't say what you hoped, I
want you to do this, okay?
I want you to stop, pause, taketwo breaths, and then ask
yourself Am I stronger?
Am I healthier?
Am I showing up better for thepeople that I love?

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That is the real scoreboard.
If you can check yes on those,then you got none to worry
about, boo-boo.
Everything is good, all right?
So here is your takeaway, okay?
I love to leave you guys withsome with a nugget that you can
actually implement.
The scale is a tool, but it'snot the goal, okay?
The real wins over 40 come fromhow you move, how you feel, how

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you think, and how you show upfor the people that you love.
Okay, who make what makes youwho you are, all right?
What keeps you ticking?
Those matter more.
If you stop chasing a number andstart chasing strength, energy,
and identity, you won't justlose fast.
You won't just lose fat fast.
You'll live transformed.
Okay, that's what this is allabout.

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The scale weight is useful, bodyweight is important, okay.
It is it is important.
We want to be in a healthy bodyweight range, but obsessing over
that's not worth it.
Focus on the positives, the bodyweight will fall in line, okay?
And if you're ready to pursuethis kind of transformation, one
that's built on strength, notshame.
That's exactly why we exist atTransform Health Initiative.

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This is why we get up everysingle day.
So when you're ready, we wouldlove to help you out there.
All right.
But until next time, dosomething good for yourself,
something good for your health,something good for those you
care about.
And whatever you do, make sureyou live transformed.
All right, guys, we'll talk atyou next time.

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